Developer Rowan Edmondson and publisher Acclaim have officially unleashed Ground Zero Hero, a chaotic roguelike horde-survival game now available on Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. Players jumping into the radioactive wasteland early can take advantage of launch discounts, with console versions receiving 10% off through August 27 and the Steam version discounted by 15% through September 3, 2026. The game is also available to stream through Antstream Arcade and can be purchased for Polycade’s modular home and commercial arcade cabinets. Created over the course of three years by Rowan Edmondson, Ground Zero Hero…
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Acclaim and developer Ridiculous Games have announced that the first playable demo for their rhythm-based dungeon crawler GRIDbeat! is now live on Steam just in time for February’s Steam Next Fest. A Nintendo Switch demo is also on the way and is expected to hit the eShop later this month. In GRIDbeat!, players step into the role of a hacker who has successfully infiltrated Knoss.OS—the most heavily fortified corporate network on the planet—and escaped with incredibly valuable data. Unfortunately, getting in was the easy part. Now trapped inside the sprawling Mainframe, survival depends on syncing every move to the beat…
Newly revived publisher Acclaim has teamed up with Swedish indie studio Elden Pixels to bring The Prisoning: Fletcher’s Quest to Nintendo Switch and Steam on February 10, 2026. Developed by the team behind Alwa’s Legacy and A Void Hope, The Prisoning places players inside the fractured mind of Fletcher Howie Jr., a game developer pushed to the edge during the final stages of a massive project. What begins as a post-crunch therapy session quickly spirals out of control, trapping Fletcher inside his own subconscious. From there, the game unfolds as a comedic Metroidvania where fears, anxieties, and emotional baggage take…